I've said all along that what's wrong with my racecar is that it
drives like a truck. It's got tall skinny tires, more than a bit
of understeer, and the steering wheel is canted forward almost
like a truck! It's also overweight for its class.
I routinely double clutch my old Alfas on the street. The synchros
on the early ones were prone to wear. At least on the carbureted
models, the pedals were in just about the ideal position for this.
As for setup, I think the ideal is to have the throttle pedal
positioned so that it's just below where your foot is when you're
on the brake pedal hard. I use the ball of my foot on the brake and
blip the throttle with my small toes. The throttle and brake pedals
have to be reasonably close together to do it this way. In the race
car, I tend to blip the throttle by moving my knee sideways rather
than trying to flex my ankle in an awkward position. When I'm
autocrossing my Alfa, I use some left foot braking. In my race car,
there is no way I can do that. The clutch pedal is way over on the
left, and the brake and throttle are way over on the right. It's a
very quirky home-built formula car. Given the cost of those parts I
put in the transaxle, I'm not anxious to try shifting sans clutch.
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